Question

I have an activity, I’ll call it mainactivity for now. And I want to know how to put a background onto it. I know how to add the background by adding android:background="@drawables/background"

But I want to align it to the bottom right (Gravity) and keeps it’s original ratio because the background tag is stretching it

This is what I have got so far. A styles.xml file and the background tag on the linear layout set to @style/Background

Styles file:

        <style name="Background">
    <ImageView
        android:id="@+id/imageView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:src="@drawable/background" 
        android:gravity="bottom|right"
/>
    </style>

What do I add/change (or anything else I could do) to make the drawable ‘lock’ to the bottom right corner?

Thanks

Answer 1

You can create a new bitmap drawable that specifies a source drawable and a gravity, then use that drawable as background.

For instance, create a new bitmap drawable named aligned_background.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<bitmap xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:gravity="bottom|right"
    android:src="@drawable/background" />

and then set your background to @drawable/aligned_background.